Jean Guitton (dramatist)

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Years active 1926 - 1963
Occupation dramatist, librettist, lyricist and screenwriter Died 15 April 1973, Juan-les-Pins, Antibes, France Movies To the Demon Virtuousness, Coup dur chez les mous People also search for Jean Laviron, Léonide Moguy, Harry Lachman, Giulio Morelli

Jean Guitton (29 March 1887 - 8 April 1973) was a French dramatist, librettist, lyricist and screenwriter.

Filmography

Les Dévoyés, directed by Henri Vorins (France, 1926, based on the play La Nuit du 3)

Jim la Houlette, roi des voleurs, directed by Nicolas Rimsky and Roger Lion (France, 1926, based on the play Jim la Houlette, roi des voleurs)

On a trouvé une femme nue, directed by Léo Joannon (France, 1934, based on the play On a trouvé une femme nue)

Jim la Houlette, directed by André Berthomieu (France, 1935, based on the play Jim la Houlette, roi des voleurs)

Les Maris de ma femme, directed by Maurice Cammage (France, 1937, based on the play Fallait pas m'écraser)

Forty Little Mothers, directed by Busby Berkeley (1940, remake of the 1936 film Forty Little Mothers)

Le Martyr de Bougival, directed by Jean Loubignac (France, 1949, based on the play Et la police n'en savait rien)

Cento piccole mamme, directed by Giulio Morelli (Italy, 1952, remake of the 1936 film Forty Little Mothers)

Le Curé de Saint-Amour, directed by Émile Couzinet (France, 1952, based on the play Le Curé de Saint-Amour)

Le Plus Heureux des hommes, directed by Yves Ciampi (France, 1952, based on the play Je l'aimais trop)

Au diable la vertu, directed by Jean Laviron (France, 1953, based on the play Elle attendait ça)

Des quintuplés au pensionnat, directed by René Jayet (France, 1953, loose remake of the 1936 film Forty Little Mothers)

Légère et court vêtue, directed by Jean Laviron (France, 1953, based on the play Un amour fou)

Une nuit aux Baléares, directed by Paul Mesnier (France, 1957, based on the operetta Une nuit aux Baléares)

1919: Chaste Suzy

1920: Clo-Clo

1928: L'Hostellerie de la vertu

1930: Six filles à marier

1931: Couss-Couss

1954: Une nuit aux Baléares. Operetta (with Loulou Gasté and Géo Koger)

1924 : On a trouvé une femme nue. Comedy in three acts (with André Birabeau). Premiered in Paris at the Théâtre des Nouveautés

1924 : La Nuit du 3. Drama in four acts. Premiered in Paris at the Eldorado

1926 : Jim la Houlette, roi des voleurs. Play in three acts

1935 : Fallait pas m'écraser. Vaudeville in two acts. Premiered in Paris at the Théâtre de la Renaissance

1936 : Elle attendait ça. Vaudeville in three acts. Premiered in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal

1945 : Un amour fou. Vaudeville in three acts

1949 : Et la police n'en savait rien. Premiered in Paris at the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt

1951 : Je l'aimais trop. Comedy in three acts. Premiered in Paris at the Théâtre Saint-Georges

Before 1952 : Le Curé de Saint-Amour. Play in three acts

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